Overijssel 1644 daalder Dav-4860
This specimen was lot 546 in Schulman auction 379 (Amsterdam, June 2024), where it sold for €170 (about US$219 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"OVERIJSSEL Provincie 1581 - 1795. Leeuwendaalder. 1644, Silver Type II. Ridder met pluim achter Hollands wapen naar rechts met titel MO. ARG. PRO: CON - FOE. BELG. TRAN. Kz. klimmende leeuw, daarboven jaartal. Op de slab abusievelijk toegeschreven aan het gewest Utrecht. Iets aanslag keerzijde. NGC UNC Details Rev Stained. Zeer fraai +/Prachtig. (province of Overijssel, silver lion daalder of 1644, type II. Obverse: knight with plumed helmet stands behind the provincial arms; reverse: lion rampant, date above. Misattributed to Utrecht on the label, some stains, graded NGC UNC Details Rev Stained, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The leeuwendaalder and its half are famous in the numismatic world as being some of the worst struck coins in history. Most of the provinces and several of the cities struck them from the 1570's until the end of the seventeenth century. The SCWC lists this subtype for 1606-23, 1628-47, 1656, 1663, 1666, 1683-84.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.68 g, 0.750 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM 12, Delm-856; V. 139.3 var.; Dav-4860.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
- [1]Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, Schulman sale 379, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2024.
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